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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 31, 1939.

Short title.

HONG KONG.

No. 12 OF 1939.

I assent.

G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,

L. S.

Governor,

31st March, 1939.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the

registration of persons.

[31st March, 1939.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Registration of Persons Ordinance, 1939.

PART I.

Aliens who have to report to Police.

2. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5), every alien who is in the Colony at the commencement of this Ordinance, other than an alien of Chinese race, shall report the fact in person or in writing for registration at the Registration of Persons Office, Police Department, within one month of such commencement, unless such person shall have departed from the Colony within the said period of one month, or unless he shall have previously reported the fact under any Ordinance repealed by this Ordinance.

(2) Every alien, other than an alien of Chinese race, who arrives in the Colony or who changes his ordinary residential or business address or who is about to leave the Colony shall report the fact in person or in writing for registration at the Registration of Persons Office, Police Department, within forty- eight hours after every such arrival or within one week before every such change of address or intended departure, as the ease may be.

(3) In any case, of doubt a person shall be deemed to be an alien unless and until he produces a certificate, passport or other evidence, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Police or of a Magistrate, to the effect that he is a natural born or naturalized British subject.